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00:27 Welcome to Issues and Answers.
00:29 Today we're gonna be talking about healing. 00:33 You need something in your life to make a big change, 00:36 maybe you're going through a particular illness, 00:38 and someone has said, you know, 00:40 "Well, if you did this then you'd be healed." 00:43 We're gonna talk about healing. 00:45 Our guest today is Pastor Kymone Hinds. 00:47 He is the pastor for the Overton Park, 00:49 Seventh-day Adventist Church in Memphis, Tennessee 00:51 as well as a church planter with Journey Fellowship. 00:56 Pastor Hinds attended 00:57 the St. John University in New York City, 01:00 where he studied actuarial science. 01:04 Then the Lord called him to the ministry 01:06 and he attended Andrews University 01:08 where he obtained a Masters of Divinity degree. 01:11 He's also been the former youth director 01:13 for Central States Conference of Seventh-day Adventist. 01:17 We're so glad to have him on the program 01:20 to talk with us about healing. 01:21 Don't we want healing? 01:23 Don't we want to know about the type of healing? 01:25 Thank you so much for coming to the program today, Pastor. 01:28 Thank you so much for having me, Karen. 01:30 You know, we're talking about healing 01:32 and specifically healing from some of our emotional hurts. 01:36 Okay. 01:37 You know, they used to say sticks and stones 01:38 break my bones but words they don't hurt me. 01:41 That's not true. 01:42 Words cut deep 01:43 and words and those things leave deep marks 01:47 within our soul and within our, within our minds. 01:50 And we want to talk about 01:51 how to get healed from those things. 01:53 Amen. That sounds very good. 01:55 Sure. Sure. 01:56 You know, and the way I wanna 01:57 just start talking about this is... 01:59 Do you know that in the United States 02:02 billions of dollars go unclaimed every year? 02:05 There is money out there that people do not claim. 02:10 It's from gift cards that you might have gotten. 02:12 You know, you get a gift card at Christmas time, 02:14 people give you all these cards, 02:16 and you don't spend all of the money on it 02:18 or sometimes you even lose the card. 02:20 That's money that's unclaimed. 02:22 Sometimes that we have money 02:24 that may be coming to us in a class action lawsuit, 02:28 they send you a check, you don't cash that. 02:30 And over and over we go throughout life 02:32 in the United States 02:34 with billions of dollars unclaimed. 02:36 Wow. That's pretty remarkable. Yeah. 02:39 And I thought to myself, I'm just this kind of person, 02:43 I don't leave anything unclaimed. 02:45 I am just too broke to leave money on the table. 02:48 So if you give me a gift card, 02:50 I'm gonna use it all the way to zero. 02:52 If I have a check that comes in my name for 50 cents, 02:55 I'm spending it, 02:56 because I'm too broke to leave money unclaimed. 02:59 Right. No one, leave it un... That's right. 03:01 And what I realized as an analogy to that, 03:04 I'm too broken as an individual 03:07 to leave any of the blessings of God unclaimed in my life. 03:10 Amen. 03:11 You know, we have too many issues, 03:13 we have too many things that we need healing from 03:16 that if God has that healing, 03:19 if God is the source of that healing, 03:21 we can't afford to leave the blessings of God unclaimed 03:25 in our lives. 03:26 Right. Right. 03:28 So that's what I wanna talk about. 03:29 Because what I wanna say to us 03:30 is that God is ultimately the source 03:32 for the healing for the hurts 03:33 that we've experienced in our lives. 03:35 God is a source for healing. That's right. He's a source. 03:38 And, you know, there's a story Jesus talks about 03:41 in Matthew 18, 03:42 it sort of gives us a little background on 03:44 and kind of it's gonna be 03:46 that the tool I'm gonna use to walk us through this, 03:48 so Matthew 18. 03:49 Okay. Matthew 18. 03:51 And it's a story where Jesus in Matthew 18:21, 03:53 Peter comes to Him and asked Him about, 03:55 "How many times should I forgive my brother?" 03:57 And Jesus then tells this parable 04:00 about a servant who owed his master 04:02 a whole lot of money and his master forgave him. 04:05 And one of the things I wanna just say 04:07 right off the bat is that 04:09 God has given us this tool of forgiveness 04:12 to heal the hurts 04:13 that we've experienced in our lives. 04:15 Forgiveness is a tool to heal? Yeah. That's right. 04:18 You know, I don't know how many times we may think 04:21 and I've thought it, you may have, 04:23 and others have 04:25 that the way to get healed from our hurt is to get even. 04:28 If someone hurt me, I need to hurt them back. 04:31 But what we recognize is 04:33 we don't get healed by getting even, 04:36 we get healed by forgiving. 04:38 Wow. 04:40 You know, forgiveness is something that we are very, 04:43 we're not very clear on. 04:45 We sometimes think when I forgive someone, 04:47 I am doing it for their benefit. 04:49 And because I've been hurt by them, 04:51 I don't want to benefit them. 04:53 Well, the truth of the matter is, 04:55 God has given us forgiveness as a way for us to heal the hurts 04:58 that we've experienced. 05:00 That really happens with forgiveness? 05:01 That's right. 05:02 Because what forgiveness does, 05:04 it takes something that someone has done to us 05:07 and allows us to not allow that hurt 05:10 to continue to be perpetuated in our minds, 05:13 not allow us to become bitter to affect our decision making 05:17 and to affect the rest of our lives. 05:19 They may have hurt us in the past, 05:21 what forgiveness does, 05:23 it gives us freedom for our future. 05:25 So lack of forgiveness holds us back like that? 05:27 That's right. 05:29 I mean, let's think about it in our own lives. 05:30 Someone has hurt you and what you begin to do 05:33 is you begin to internalize this, 05:36 you have emotions 05:38 that well up inside of you when you hear that person 05:40 or something that reminds you of them. 05:42 If you meet someone that has a name 05:43 that reminds you of them, 05:45 you get just something happens internally, physiologically. 05:48 And so there are opportunities you miss out on, 05:52 there are times you avoid them and miss out on things 05:55 that you would have liked to enjoy. 05:56 And just anything that reminds you of that person 05:59 begins to affect your wellbeing. 06:01 And forgiveness allows you to be free. 06:04 Think about this. 06:05 Not forgiving someone is like drinking poison 06:08 and expecting the other person to die. 06:10 Wow! Think about it. 06:12 You're being bitter by what someone has done to you, 06:16 and you're thinking this is gonna affect them. 06:19 And sometimes there are some people 06:20 who have hurt us that don't know they've hurt us 06:22 and they're going on living life. 06:25 And here it is we're over here allowing ourselves 06:28 to perpetuate their hurt inside of us. 06:29 So you're saying it's like drinking poison... 06:33 And expecting the other person to die. 06:34 ..and expecting the other person to die. 06:36 That's right. That's right. 06:37 Nobody wants to drink poison. That's right. 06:39 And what a God we serve that He understood 06:42 that because of sin life would... 06:45 they would be hurt in life. 06:46 And God is saying, "I don't want you 06:48 to carry on that hurt, 06:50 I'm giving you something called forgiveness 06:52 that you can use to be free of the hurts 06:55 that you've experienced." 06:56 Wow. 06:58 So how do we learn how to forgive though, Pastor? 07:00 How do we learn to forgive? Sure. 07:01 Well, I think first of all we have to start understanding 07:03 that forgiveness is not a feeling. 07:07 You know, sometimes we feel, I'm not ready to forgive 07:09 because I don't feel like it. 07:11 You know, there's nothing in me that wants to. 07:14 Forgiveness is a decision. 07:16 It always starts off as a decision. 07:18 I decide that I am going to enter the process, 07:21 which it is, of forgiveness. 07:24 I'm going to recognize their hurts 07:26 that have been done to me. 07:27 I'm going to express how I felt about it, 07:30 whether I say it to the person or I get it out of me. 07:33 I wanna know this thing has affected me this way. 07:37 You see, forgiveness doesn't mean 07:38 that I minimize what happened. 07:40 Okay. 07:41 It doesn't mean that I go, "No, it wasn't that bad." 07:43 I don't have to make it smaller. 07:44 I actually have to say, "This is what happened 07:47 and this is how I felt" 07:48 to begin the process of forgiveness. 07:50 So recognizing? That's right. 07:52 Recognize their hurt. 07:53 Then after you recognize their hurt, 07:55 after you've identify the emotions, 07:58 you have to set proper boundaries 08:00 to make sure that you protect yourself. 08:02 Because unless you can protect yourself 08:04 and set a proper boundaries, 08:05 you are in a state of being almost afraid to forgive 08:10 because you're afraid to be hurt again, 08:12 so you set proper boundaries. 08:14 And the last step is to cancel the debt, 08:17 is to no longer hold that against the person. 08:20 Now, let me say this before I forget. 08:22 Forgiveness is not the same thing 08:24 as reconciliation. 08:25 No? What's the difference? 08:27 Reconciliation is the work of two parties. 08:30 It means both parties have to agree to come back 08:33 into the same relationship. 08:35 Forgiveness is actually work of one party. 08:38 It's where one person says, 08:39 "I'm no longer gonna hold that debt against you. 08:42 I am going to free myself from being bitter toward you. 08:45 I'm not gonna allow what you've done to me 08:48 to continue to affect me 08:50 and to affect the way that I now look at life. 08:53 I'm going to allow God's forgiveness 08:55 to free me from that hurt." 08:56 Wow. Wow. 08:58 So reconciliation is if two people... 09:02 or two parties agree to try to forgive and move forward. 09:06 But you're saying the gift of forgiveness is a gift. 09:09 You don't have to have someone 09:10 that's willing to say sorry to you... 09:13 That's right. You're sorry... 09:15 You can forgive someone... It's one way. 09:16 ...even if they say if they don't come to say sorry, 09:19 you know, you can decide to forgive someone 09:22 before they even decide to ask for forgiveness. 09:26 Wow. 09:27 Because forgiveness is a gift 09:29 that God has given us to free us. 09:31 Now, one of the things that I realize 09:34 is as we even talk about the mechanics of forgiveness, 09:37 we've just talked about 09:38 how to go through the steps of forgiveness. 09:40 Right. 09:41 One of the things that people say is, 09:42 "I'm not good at that." 09:44 There's some people that say, "I'm not good at that. 09:45 I'm not good at going through the process." 09:47 And I really want to talk to that person 09:50 because I believe 09:51 that none of us are good at forgiveness. 09:53 I think as human beings, as fallen human beings, 09:56 all of us are bad at forgiveness. 09:58 Yeah. 09:59 Because we are not the source of forgiveness, 10:02 but we know the person 10:04 who can provide that source of healing to us 10:07 and allow us to be forgiving. 10:09 And that's what I want to just really kind of talk about 10:11 off of this passage. 10:12 Because in this story, 10:13 here is a king who finds a man that owes him 10:17 in our equivalent today about $2.25 billion. 10:21 Billion dollars? Billion dollars. 10:22 I'm not talking about with a M with a B. 10:25 Billion dollars like the money that you and I wish we had. 10:28 That's beyond what anybody, most people would make, right? 10:32 Even if they're successful, billions is a lot of money. 10:34 It's almost an amount that's unfathomable, 10:37 it's we can't imagine someone owing that. 10:40 And here is the king finding this man owing that 10:43 and he brings before him to say to him, 10:46 "What's going on? Here is your account." 10:48 And that shows us the king is God in this story. 10:51 It shows us that first of all 10:53 the debt that we owe to God is huge, 10:56 it's enormous, it is gigantic. 10:59 And God wants us to understand that sin is a big deal, 11:03 it's not small. 11:04 When we ask God for forgiveness, 11:06 it doesn't mean that God goes, "Oh, that's not a big deal, 11:09 it's a little white line." 11:10 No, all of our sin is a big deal to God. 11:13 Wow. 11:15 And so this man owed the king a big deal, a huge amount. 11:19 And he asks the king for time. 11:21 He says, "Just give me some time, I'll work it off, 11:23 I'll do this." 11:25 Work off to get a billion dollars? 11:26 2.25, think about this. 11:28 Think about how humorous this is. 11:30 Nobody can work that off. That's right. 11:31 And that's what the humor. 11:33 Jesus is actually giving real, sort of a humorous story. 11:36 Because anything you do to work that off, 11:39 what you pay down a $100. 11:40 What the difference? 11:42 2.25 billion. 11:43 You give a $1000, 2.25... 11:45 I mean, you're really not really getting anything 11:48 off of the debt. 11:49 Right. That's what Jesus is saying. 11:51 There's nothing you can do to repay the debt 11:53 that you owe to God. 11:55 That's the first thing we have to recognize 11:56 as we talk about this. 11:58 And there's nothing this man could have done. 12:00 So he asks the king for time 12:02 and the king offers something better than time, 12:05 he gives him forgiveness. 12:07 In Matthew 18, he says to him, verse 27, "Out of pity of him, 12:13 the master of that servant released him 12:16 and forgave him the debt." 12:18 Forgave the 2.2 billion. 12:20 I mean, think about it as the king goes 2.25 billion, 12:23 I forgive you. 12:24 Now, Karen, let's talk. Yes. 12:26 Let's talk. 12:28 Let's say you owed some money and someone forgives you. 12:30 Let's talk about it if you owe student loan money, like I do. 12:34 Yes. Yes. 12:35 If someone forgave me my student loan money, 12:39 you would not be able to contain the shout 12:40 that I would have. 12:42 Right. I'd be doing the happy dance. 12:43 That's right. 12:45 I mean, I don't care if you're not a dancing person. 12:46 If someone forgives you, your house note, 12:49 you would get really happy 12:50 and some dance would come out of it. 12:51 Oh, yes. 12:53 If someone forgave you and said 12:54 you don't have to pay any of your utility bills 12:56 for the next 20 years. 12:58 I mean, a shout would come up inside. 13:00 Something would happen 13:02 if you were forgiven a huge debt. 13:04 Right. 13:05 There would be a joy that would overwhelm you. 13:08 There would be just something 13:09 that would just burst forth from you 13:10 because that's natural. 13:12 Yes. Yeah. 13:13 I mean, I'm praying that someone watching this show 13:15 would see a way to forgive my student loan debt. 13:18 Yes, glory to God. 13:19 But you would be happy. Yes. 13:21 I'd be happy for you. That's right. 13:23 And that's what is the natural reaction 13:26 when you recognize how big your debt is 13:29 and how much you've been forgiven. 13:31 Wow. 13:33 The natural reaction to being forgiven is joy. 13:36 It's overwhelming joy 13:38 not because you are forgiven a small amount 13:40 but because the amount you're forgiven 13:42 is an amount that you could never repay. 13:45 Amen. Amen. 13:48 So how does he do with, in the story, how does that go? 13:52 What happens next, 13:53 once he's got minus on a ledger 2.2... 13:56 2.25 billion, I mean... Unbelievable. 13:58 We expect a party, we expect a celebration. 14:02 Right. The next verse is different. 14:04 Here is what's interesting. It says verse 28, Matthew 18. 14:09 I'm reading from the English standard version. 14:10 "But when that same servant went out, 14:13 he found one of his fellow servants 14:15 who owed him 100 denarii, and seizing him, 14:18 he began to choke him, saying, "Pay what you owe me." 14:21 I mean, he has collared this other guy 14:23 and he is choking him saying, "Pay me what I owe." 14:27 He said he laid hands on him. That's right. 14:28 Now think about this the amount, 14:30 if we want to put it in our dollars, 14:31 is about $4,800, less than $5,000. 14:35 It's a big deal, you know, it's some money 14:38 but it's nothing compared to 2.25 billion. 14:41 Absolutely. 14:43 But he is desperate, he's acting frantically, 14:46 he has no joy, he is almost angry, 14:50 and he's frantically going after someone 14:53 who owes him an amount 14:54 that's a whole lot less than he was forgiven. 14:56 Why? Why? 14:58 Well, look at even, look at in next verse, 15:00 which is very ironic. 15:02 The servant says the same thing he said to the king, 15:05 he actually says the exact words, 15:08 have patience with me and I will pay you. 15:12 And it says this man refused. 15:14 You know, why I believe he refused? 15:16 Here's why I think. But what would you think? 15:18 Well, first of all you say its $5,000 of denarius. 15:21 Yeah, 100 denarii is about $5000. 15:25 Five thousand dollars today. 15:27 That's something that a person could work and pay off 15:30 maybe a $100 a month or whatever. 15:31 Sure. Why was that guy so hard? 15:35 And why was he grabbing hold of the man? 15:38 You said he was grabbing him by the throat? 15:41 That's right. Then he is acting crazy. 15:42 He's frantic. 15:43 And the reason I believe he's frantic 15:45 is because even though the king had forgiven him, 15:49 he had not accepted the forgiveness. 15:52 Wow. 15:53 Because if I leave the king's palace, 15:57 and I hear the king say forgiven, 15:59 but I don't accept it, 16:01 I am still going to find all the people 16:03 who owe me smaller amounts 16:05 so I can gather that to pay down on the debt 16:09 that I don't think I've been forgiven of. 16:12 And that's what happens in our lives. 16:14 Here's my point. 16:16 If we accept the forgiveness of God, 16:19 it frees us up to forgive others. 16:22 But if we, in our own hearts, don't accept God's forgiveness, 16:26 we have no source to be able to forgive others. 16:30 Wow. We have no source. That's right. 16:34 You see, I think sometimes 16:35 we think I can forgive others out of my own power 16:39 and out of my own strength if I just want to. 16:42 What Jesus is saying to us here, 16:44 the reason that you are able to forgive someone else 16:47 is because I have poured my forgiveness down on you, 16:52 and my forgiveness is so great for you that it overflows 16:56 that you're now able to forgive others 16:58 who have wronged you. 17:00 Wow. How is that possible? Is that really possible? 17:04 I believe it's possible, here's why. 17:06 You know, I'll say it this way. 17:08 You've heard the saying "Hurt people hurt people". 17:10 Right. 17:12 People who've been hurt tend to hurt other people. 17:16 And I think a lot of times people who've been hurt, 17:19 they involuntarily sometimes, sometimes it's intentional, 17:24 but they carry on the things that have been done to them. 17:26 It sort of flows out of them. 17:28 Here is a lot of research that supports that whole idea 17:31 that unless you do some kind of major intervention, 17:34 in certain cases people who've been, 17:37 like you said who've been abused, 17:39 or otherwise have a tendency 17:40 to then become abusers themselves. 17:43 Right. Well, I wanna add something to that. 17:45 Not only do hurt people hurt people, 17:49 forgiven people forgive people. 17:52 That's what I believe. I believe... 17:54 Forgiven people... Forgive people. 17:57 - So it's a new pattern? - That's right. 17:59 I believe as we have been forgiven by God, 18:03 as we understand, as we bathe 18:05 in the lavish forgiveness of God, 18:08 out from us flows forgiveness to others. 18:12 And I believe what Jesus is trying to say in this story 18:15 is that, if we do not accept and appreciate 18:19 and allow the forgiveness of God to flow to us, 18:23 then it will not flow through us. 18:27 Wow. 18:28 So we have to receive in order to give. 18:30 That's right. That's right. 18:31 And I think sometimes and I understand this. 18:34 I think sometimes we focus on us forgiving others. 18:38 And think about this, 18:39 if I am trying to forgive others 18:42 in my own strength, 18:43 it becomes frustrating 18:45 because I don't have the source of that power 18:49 to do that. 18:51 There is nothing in me 18:52 that naturally wants to forgive. 18:54 And God says, "I want to change the paradigm." 18:57 See, if I focused on what the other person 19:00 has done to me, 19:01 it makes me bitter, it makes me angry, 19:03 it causes me to build up resentment toward them. 19:07 So that's the source of bitterness. 19:09 That's the source of bitterness. 19:10 It's focusing on the injury 19:12 or the wrong that somebody else has done. 19:14 So if we want to have that will go, we focus on that, 19:17 but if we... 19:18 But bitterness doesn't have consequences upon us? 19:20 That's right. That's right. 19:21 Bitterness, of course, causes a whole lot of things 19:24 physically to us but also spiritually to us. 19:27 It stops us from growing the way God wants us to. 19:30 Now, if I focus on what I've done wrong, 19:33 it makes me dejected, it makes me, 19:35 it takes away my joy, 19:37 it makes me feel I can't make it. 19:39 You know what God is saying, 19:40 "I don't want you to focus 19:42 on what the other person did wrong, 19:43 I don't want you to focus on what you did wrong, 19:45 I want you to focus on what God did right for you." 19:47 Amen. 19:49 And that is in Christ Jesus, 19:51 He offers forgiveness 19:53 because forgiveness doesn't say, 19:55 it didn't happen, it doesn't say, 19:57 it's not a big deal. 19:58 Now God shows us in the illustration, 20:00 it's a big deal. 20:01 Right. 20:03 What He does, His forgiveness cost Him. 20:05 What do you mean by that? 20:06 Well, let me use this illustration. 20:08 A few years ago I had a friend of mine. 20:11 This was when cell phones were new, 20:13 my friend got a cell phone that was in my name, ran it up, 20:17 used it a whole lot, didn't have a job, 20:20 and after a while I realize he couldn't pay it. 20:23 So what I did, to preserve the friendship, 20:25 I forgave him. 20:27 Now, if he were telling you the story, 20:28 that's a great story, 20:29 I got forgiven a whole lot of money 20:31 that I didn't have to pay back for a phone that I used. 20:34 But I'm telling the story 20:35 and I wanted you to know 20:37 it costs me a lot to forgive him. 20:39 And what I want us to understand, 20:41 it costs God a whole lot to forgive us, 20:44 it cost Him the life of His Son. 20:46 It cost God His one and only Son 20:49 being separated from Him, taking on our sin, 20:53 and dying on the cross for us. 20:55 And what I'm saying is, 20:57 if we focus on what God did for us, 20:59 it gives us that power to forgive others. 21:03 Because when I understand what God has done for me, 21:06 it gives me joy, it gives me just a peace of mind, 21:11 it gives me assurance. 21:12 And if I focus on what He did right to forgive me, 21:16 He then gives me power to forgive others. 21:18 Because His forgiveness flows to me 21:21 and then flows through me to others. 21:24 Well, what about, you know, 21:25 you hear people saying certainly at times, 21:27 you know, we'll have that tape in our head that says, 21:29 you know, you did this wrong, you know, 21:32 that rehearsing of all the things 21:35 that maybe we've done wrong. 21:36 That's right. 21:38 That, is that a part of being guilty? 21:40 You know, I think God allows us sometimes to know 21:44 when we're wrong to bring us to repentance. 21:48 But I think if we do it, it stops us in our growth. 21:51 If it's constantly keeping us back from coming to God, 21:54 then it's definitely not from God, 21:56 that is from the enemy. 21:57 That's what I wanted to ask you. 21:58 So, it's not from God that voice that 22:00 once you've already asked for forgiveness... 22:01 That's right. 22:03 ..that keeps rehearsing over and over again in your head. 22:04 And I'll say this, this is like in your own car. 22:08 Sometimes you're playing a CD 22:10 and you're tired of listening to that music over and over, 22:13 what you do is you change the soundtrack. 22:15 And what I was saying to us is, let's change the soundtrack. 22:17 Amen. 22:18 Instead of us listening to the voice of the enemy 22:20 that says to us, how bad we are, 22:22 how messed up we are, how much we've let God down. 22:25 Let's put in a new CD that says Christ died for us, 22:30 that God was in Christ 22:31 reconciling the world to Himself, 22:34 not counting men sins against Him 22:36 but God sent Jesus His Son to die for us, 22:39 put that soundtrack in there. 22:41 And understand that in Christ Jesus 22:43 we are accepted by God, we are beloved by God, 22:47 He sees us seated in heavenly places. 22:49 In Christ Jesus we are forgiven 22:51 even before we ask for forgiveness. 22:53 Yes. 22:55 We have a God that gives forgiveness 22:56 before we had the good sense to ask for it. 22:59 And if you think and consider that God, 23:01 it changes how you relate to God 23:03 because you say, "God, 23:05 I thank you for that forgiveness." 23:06 And then you celebrate, you celebrate like the person 23:09 whose student loan has been paid off. 23:11 You celebrate like the guy 23:12 who someone paid off his mortgage mysteriously. 23:14 You celebrate like someone 23:16 whose car note has been just forgiven. 23:18 You celebrate that forgiveness, 23:20 and it allows you to now go 23:22 pass that forgiveness on to others. 23:24 Because you want to be free, 23:26 you want to be free from the hurt. 23:27 Amen. Oh, that sounds so good. 23:28 You wanna be free from the hurt. 23:30 You want to live life 23:32 not being tied to what someone has done 23:34 in the past. 23:35 And now here is the source of the power 23:38 to have that healing. 23:40 So, wow. 23:42 All the wonderful things 23:44 that Jesus Christ did for us on the Cross, 23:47 is that that's the source? 23:48 That's right. That's the source of our healing. 23:51 You know, there's a text that says, 23:53 "By His stripes we are healed." 23:56 Amen. And I believe that. 23:58 I believe because of what Jesus did on the Cross, 24:02 it provides the power for us 24:04 to be healed from emotional hurts. 24:07 And I believe, listen, there are so many people 24:10 that are carrying around so many hurts from their past. 24:14 People have done bad things to us, 24:16 and we're not denying it, 24:18 we're not saying don't say it was a big deal, 24:21 don't minimize it. 24:23 But what we're saying is 24:24 don't allow that person to still have power over you 24:27 for your future. 24:28 God has greater things for you. 24:31 God has more in store for your life. 24:33 God wants to do something new in your life, 24:36 and we should not give anyone power 24:39 to not just take our past but to affect our present. 24:43 And God says, "I wanna free you." 24:45 And it's by the stripes of Jesus Christ 24:47 that we can receive healing for our emotional hurts. 24:49 Amen. 24:51 I'm thinking that maybe there's someone, 24:53 some of us that are watching today 24:55 if you'd like to have prayer, we're gonna pray right now. 24:59 I'm gonna ask if you would please pray? 25:00 Sure. Sure. 25:01 I believe that someone needs this prayer, 25:03 including myself. 25:04 Amen. Me too. 25:06 Father, in name of Jesus, thank You. 25:10 Thank You that You're a God that heals. 25:12 Because, God, if You didn't heal, 25:14 these hurts that have been put on us, God, 25:16 we can't carry them any longer. 25:19 God, I know there's someone out here watching 25:21 that they have been just tired of carrying all hurts 25:25 where someone has done something to them. 25:28 And, God, they tuned in today for this reason. 25:30 And so I'm praying right now in the name of Jesus 25:32 that they would understand, first of all, 25:35 that You have forgiven them. 25:36 Yes. 25:37 Well, maybe there's someone 25:39 who thought that they could not be forgiven 25:40 because their debt was so big. 25:42 But thank You, God, that when Jesus died on the Cross 25:45 He cried out, 25:46 "It is finished, paid in full" their debt was paid. 25:49 Amen. 25:51 And so, God, may we receive Your forgiveness right now 25:53 in this moment. 25:54 God, may we understand that because we have been forgiven, 25:58 there is a joy that naturally will flow out of us 26:01 when we recognize just how much You've forgiven us, 26:04 and how free this forgiveness is. 26:06 And, Lord, let it flow to others, 26:09 let it flow to those who have hurt us in our past, 26:11 and because it's flowing out of us, God, 26:13 may we forgive them and be free ourselves, 26:16 maybe we be free to worship and to praise you, 26:19 and to serve you, and to reach out to others 26:21 who've been hurt like us, 26:23 to let them know that forgiveness is offered, 26:25 they can forgive others because You've forgiven them. 26:30 Thank you, God, for hearing this prayer. 26:32 Thank you for sending Jesus to die on the Cross for us, 26:34 it's in Jesus name we pray. 26:39 Do you Twitter? I do. 26:41 What's your Twitter? 26:42 You can find me on Twitter at my name Kymone Hind, 26:45 it's real simple. Kymone Hind. 26:46 How do you spell that? 26:48 K-Y-M-O-N-E H-I-N-D-S no spaces, 26:51 you can find me on Twitter. No spaces? 26:52 Yep. Facebook? 26:54 Facebook. 26:55 Same, it's Facebook.com/PastorHinds. 26:58 Pastor Hinds. Pastor Hinds. Okay. 27:00 So do you still organize events and that kind of thing 27:05 for people? 27:06 Are you willing to travel 27:08 to be able to meet the needs of people as they come? 27:10 Definitely. All right. 27:11 Organizations perhaps, 27:12 that would like to hear this message. 27:14 I'm willing to travel to speak. 27:16 You can find me on my website... 27:18 Your website? A blog on my website. 27:20 You blog? Okay. Let's have it all 27:21 Comejourney.org. it's real simple. 27:23 It's an invitation 27:24 comejourney.org is my website, 27:26 I blog there regularly. 27:28 You can contact me there. 27:29 And I'm willing to come and to share with youth 27:31 and other groups about what God is doing. 27:34 Because I am just simply someone 27:36 that God has affected my life. 27:38 And I just wanna tell everyone else 27:39 about a God who can do anything in their life. 27:42 Well, that's all very excited ingredient. 27:44 Yes, ma'am. 27:45 I'm so glad that you came 27:47 and that you were able to share with us 27:48 the source of healing 27:49 so that it's like a deliverance. 27:51 That's right. That's right. 27:53 And no more bondage 27:54 but a complete and total deliverance. 27:56 That's right. 27:57 For those of you at home, this is a great opportunity. 27:59 Haven't we heard really good news today? 28:02 I know I did. 28:03 I'm looking for a source. 28:05 Sometimes we look on the internet for sources. 28:06 We may look for information for sources, 28:08 but we have now been told that 28:10 Jesus Christ is the total and complete source 28:13 for absolute healing in our lives. 28:16 God bless you, and thank you for joining us. |
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